Othering as the Shadow of the Shadow - beyond the Metaphysics of Despair

• Autorzy: Yiannis Gabriel
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Perspicacious readers will have noted that in the argument above the shadow underwent a subtle but vital transformation. As we moved from the original conceptualization of the shadow by Jung and his successors to the uses of the shadow in contemporary narratives and discourses, the shadow turned from concept to idea and from idea to metaphor. It is as metaphor that the shadow has become a vital discursive resource that can be deployed to off-load blame and disavow our responsibility. It is as metaphor that the shadow detaches itself from the subject, i.e. ourselves, and becomes an abstract entity over which we claim no ownership or control. In this way, it allows us to deny our own destructiveness, greed, envy and other toxic emotions and project them onto others. As a metaphor, the shadow seduces us, precisely because it provides us with a safe place from which to criticize and carp, often by claiming the moral superiority of the underdog, the survivor, the victim. The shadow metaphor does all this invisibly, quietly and indirectly, without ever having to engage in direct confrontation or fight. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Psychology; Organisational culture; Organisational behaviour

PL

Psychologia; Kultura organizacyjna; Zachowania organizacyjne

• Czasopismo: Zarządzanie w Kulturze
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 21
• Numer: z. 4 Cień organizacyjny: Ukryte obszary zarządzania w kulturze
• Strony: 289--304

Twórcy

autor

Yiannis Gabriel

• University of Lund, University of Bath

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.4467/20843976ZK.20.024.13042